Patent Application
20060245086
The present invention is related to a thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket, including a transparent magnifying member and a magnetic jacket. When not used, the transparent magnifying member is clipped and hidden in the magnetic jacket, whereby the magnifier is protected from being scraped by any alien article. In use, the transparent magnifying member is pivoted out of the magnetic jacket and a user can hold the magnetic jacket without contaminating the magnifier. The thin magnifier structure is also usable as a bookmark.
A conventional bookmark is a thin sheet made of paper material or plastic material to be inserted between two pages of a book. Such bookmark is thin and light. When sandwiched between the pages of the book, the thickness of the book will not be apparently increased. Moreover, the book with the bookmark can be easily carried.
However, in the case that the thin paper-made or plastic-made bookmark is folded or torn, the appearance of the bookmark will be ruined and the bookmark may be damaged. In addition, the bookmark is simply sandwiched between the pages without any other fixing measure. Therefore, when turning the pages of the book, the bookmark tends to drop out or even be missed.
Taiwanese Patent Application No. 87216071, entitled “magnifier magnetic bookmark” discloses a bookmark with magnifier function. The bookmark includes a transparent magnifying member, a magnetic rubber board and a rivet member. The magnifying member has a through hole and the magnetic rubber board is also formed with a through hole. The magnifying member overlaps the magnetic rubber board with the through holes aligned with each other. The rivet member is passed through the through holes to integrally rivet the magnifying member and the magnetic rubber board with each other so as to form a magnetic bookmark with magnifier function. The magnetic rubber board can attract and attach to an iron-made object. The magnifying member and the magnetic rubber board define therebetween a clipping gap for clipping a memo. Such bookmark also serves as a magnifier.
However, the above bookmark has some shortcomings as follows:
It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a thin magnifier structure with magnetic protective jacket. The thin magnifier structure includes a transparent magnifying member, a magnetic jacket and a pivot member for pivotally connecting the transparent magnifying member with the magnetic jacket. The transparent magnifying member integrally has a magnifier. The magnetic jacket has two magnetic vanes which can be folded to attract each other or unfolded from each other. The transparent magnifying member is movably clipped and hidden in the magnetic jacket. When not used, the transparent magnifying member is firmly clipped and hidden between the magnetic vanes of the magnetic jacket, whereby the magnifier is protected from being scraped by any alien article. In use, the transparent magnifying member is pivoted about the pivot member out of the magnetic jacket. At this time, a user can hold the magnetic jacket with a hand without contaminating the magnifier. The thin magnifier structure is also usable as a bookmark.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
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Referring to FIGS. 3 to 5, when using the present invention as a magnifier, the two magnetic vanes 21, 22 are forcedly unfolded and then the transparent magnifying member 10 is pivoted about the pivot member 30 out of the magnetic jacket 20. At this time, the magnifier 12 of the transparent magnifying member 10 is exposed to outer side of the magnetic jacket 20. A user can hold the magnetic jacket 20 with a hand to see an object 40 through the magnifier 12. In use, the magnifier 12 will not be contaminated. When not used, the transparent magnifying member 10 is reversely pivoted back to its home position where the transparent magnifying member 10 is hidden in the magnetic jacket 20. Under such circumstance, the magnifier 12 is protected from being scraped by any alien article. In addition, by means of the attraction between the two magnetic vanes 21, 22, the transparent magnifying member 10 is firmly clipped and hidden in the magnetic jacket 20 without loosening and unexpectedly moving out. In a derived embodiment, the lengths of the vanes 21, 22 can be equal to each other or unequal to each other. The configuration of the transparent magnifying member 10 can be different from that of the magnetic jacket 20.
The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, not intended to limit the scope thereof. Many modifications of the above embodiments can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
